The name of Alain Gerbault, the French lawn tennis player, who crossed the Atlantic alone in a 30ft cutter from Cannes to New York, in 14‘2 days, has l>een proposed for the annual Grand Prix of the Academic des Sportes, which (says a Central News. Paris message) is awarded for what is considered the best sporting exploit of the year. The Grand Prix was established in 1911, and four years ago was won by Georges Carpentier, who was awarded 10,000 francs for beating Battling Levinsky, and thus winning for Prance the world’s light-heavyweight boxing championship. Airmen and explorers rfiguro among the other recipients.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19107, 28 February 1924, Page 5
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